Sociology
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Robin Toma: executive director of Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission
UCSC graduate Robin Toma says the values of social justice and equality he gained at Santa Cruz have guided his decisions and shaped his life’s work.
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Dream lecture to air on Community TV
Research professor G. William Domhoff’s recent campuswide lecture about dreaming will be broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County several times in July and August.
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Campus hosts Black Brown Roundtable
Activists from within and outside the university came together April 19 to discuss relations among African Americans and Latinos.
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Undergraduate makes the most of opportunities at UCSC
Overcoming obstacles and pursuing her dreams are two of the life skills Katie Roper says she acquired at UCSC, where several professors encouraged her to take a hands-on approach to her education.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, alum Hector Tobar speaks on campus
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Oakes College alumnus Hector Tobar spoke on campus November 15.
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Nations embracing jury system as part of ‘wave of judicial reform,’ says UC Santa Cruz expert
Countries around the world are embracing the jury system in a wave of judicial reform that is democratizing jurisprudence in nations as diverse as South Korea, Mexico, and Japan, according to jury expert Hiroshi Fukurai.
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Environmental protection can’t be bought, says author of new book Shopping Our Way to Safety
Like a marketer’s dream come true, Americans have responded to environmental hazards by shopping, as if buying bottled water and organic vegetables will protect them and their loved ones. But sociologist Andrew Szasz says “buying green” offers little real
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New Social Sciences research award honors Martin Chemers
The new Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences recognizes senior faculty members who have made major impacts through their research.
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Researchers cite limitations of genetic ancestry tests, urge consumers to use caution
Even as consumers embrace commercial genetic ancestry tests to trace ancestral roots or fill in gaps in the family tree, a team of researchers today (Oct. 19) is urging buyers to use caution when interpreting test results.
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Global affairs expert to deliver UCSC’s 2007 Maitra Lecture at Montalvo on Nov. 2
UC Santa Cruz and Montalvo Arts Center will present the seventh annual Sidhartha Maitra Endowed Lecture–featuring global affairs expert and award-winning author Shashi Tharoor–on Friday, November 2, at 7 p.m, in the Carriage House Theater at Montalvo. The chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Tharoor will present an insider’s…